I had lofty goals about writing a few blog posts to catch up from my recent bout of negligence. Especially since I have a long trip coming up, well, tomorrow. But then I woke up with a head cold and so there goes any hope of tasting whisky.

A quick mid-week note (I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!) to bring you a free eBook (PDF format) by a new spirits publisher and app developer called Distilando. The eBook is nicely formatted and has a little bio on each Islay distillery. If you aren’t already well-versed on these distilleries you might find some …

My usual posting schedule was thrown a bit out of whack this week between the holiday and my recent work on the Octomore Twelve campaign… To tide you over until I get back into a rhythm on December 6th, please review my recent flurry of blog posts in case you missed anything…

I was out of town this weekend, so no review this week – apologies!

I am on vacation, so no “real” post this week. Instead, two minor updates…

No real review this week, since I attended a blind Zoom tasting of 12 American single malt whiskies and I’m still recovering. What follows are some other stream-of-consciousness notes from our tasting. If you have an opportunity to gather a few like-minded friends to taste some whisky together (online or in person if your situation warrants), I highly recommend it.

So everyone seems to be talking about the latest edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, and nobody asked my opinion so here it is anyway.

You know what? I’m taking the weekend off. Have a good weekend everyone; enjoy some relaxing (instead of stressed-out cabin feverish) time with your loved ones, drink some good whisky or maybe drink some bad whisky mixed into a cocktail. I’ve been drinking a bunch of Algonquin Cocktails lately. Celebrate the memory of those who …

This is just a quick note to ask that you please bear with the advertising changes you might be noticing on the blog lately. I’m in the process of an experimental switch in ad networks due to my old network’s revenue slowing to a trickle. (I cannot pay for this site’s upkeep, let alone whisky, …

Ahh, January. That magical time of year when the holidays are over, the weather is ugly, and literally everyone you know is sick. Because Hot Toddies are the only respectable way to consume whisky while fighting off a cold, there will be no review this week. Apologies. I’m sure I’ve posted this before, but just …